Shloka 73
Atithi-satkāra and the Consolation of Wise Counsel (अतिथिसत्कारः प्रज्ञानवचनस्य च पराश्वासनम्)
स्तुत्वा मां शिपिविष्ठेति यास्क ऋषिरुदार धी: । मत्प्रसादादधो नष्ट निरुक्तमभिजग्मिवान्
stutvā māṃ śipiviṣṭheti yāska ṛṣir udāradhīḥ | matprasādād adho naṣṭaṃ niruktam abhijagmivān ||
Яска, провидец благородного духа, восхвалил меня эпитетом «Шипивишта» (Śipiviṣṭa). По моей милости он вновь обрёл «Нирукту» (Nirukta), утраченную в подземных мирах, и возвратил эту священную науку людям.
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Educational Q&A
Reverent praise offered with sincerity and right intention can attract divine favor, and that grace can restore what is lost—especially sacred knowledge—so it may benefit the world.
Indra recalls an example: the sage Yāska praised him as “Śipiviṣṭa,” and through Indra’s favor Yāska recovered the Nirukta-śāstra that had been lost in the lower regions (pātāla) and brought it back.